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Matt Badiali achieved a bachelor’s degree in Science from Penn State University. He then went further to receive his master degree from Florida Atlantic University. When he was enrolled for his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina his friend who was an expert in finance introduced him to the world of finance. His friend recognized the potential that Matt had mainly because of his in-depth knowledge of geology. The plan was to get Matt to create an investment strategy for the average American. Since he started Badiali has managed to help numerous ordinary investors to make double and triple returns through the newsletter, he writes for Banyan Hill Publishing Company.

This great man is an expert who has had the privilege of exploring the world. He has worked in the agricultural, mining and energy industry where he has acquired extensive knowledge and skills. He uses his experience and education in geology to give proper and reliable advice on the investment of natural resources. He keeps in touch with various resource investors, CEOs and metal experts to stay updated on the different technologies, trends, and discoveries. Matt Badiali also takes his time to visit multiple companies on the ground to correlate what is happening on the ground to what’s on paper. He has also been a teacher of geology in Duke University and North Carolina. As is typical of natural resources they are highly speculative and cyclical which means that one has to have perfect knowledge of the market and finance to invest successfully.

Matt Badiali says that energy consumption is probably going to change very fast whereby there will be a significant shift to electricity as opposed to the current fossil fuels available today. He says that once a battery that is capable of powering a city then the change will be realized.

Conclusion

If you want to get you piece pie from the energy industry by making maximum profits, then you need to get advice from Matt Badiali. He will give you the information you need to invest in natural resources and therefore a chance to invest as an equal through his well-researched information.

Randal Nardone is a successful businessman and financial investor who co-founded the Fortress Investment Group. Fortress is a diverse global investment management firm with a large asset base under their management. His journey in the world of finance has been quite odd since he never studied a finance related course in college. The experience he has gained over the slightly over two decades he has been in the industry has, however, established him as one of the top players. Randal studied Biology and English in his undergraduate at the University of Connecticut. He later went back to class and earned his J.D from Boston University Law School.

After school, Randal Nardone got a lawyer job at Thatcher Proffitt & Woods where he was later promoted to become a partner. Since he could not shake off his interest in finance, he decided to get a job in the field. Randal worked briefly for Blackrock Financial Management as a managing director before moving on to Union Bank of Switzerland. While at UBS he got the idea of a private equity firm but did not have the resources to execute. This shortcoming saw him seeking partnership with other financial gurus, Wes Edens and Rob Kauffman. Together they formed Fortress Investment Group and served as principals to date apart from Rob who retired.

In 2007, Fortress Investment Group decided to go public by opening its IPO and was listed in the New York Stock Exchange. This made the value of the shares of the founder members to go up, and Randal Nardone was named in the Forbes Billionaires list at position 557 with an estimated worth of $1.8 billion. In 2017, a Japanese bank, SoftBank bought a controlling stake of Fortress for $3.3 billion. The bank, however, agreed to retain the management of the company for their incredible managerial capabilities. Speaking on the purchase, Randal Nardone believes it will enable the group to even expand more by giving it a global outlook. At the time of the sale, Fortress was managing over $ 43 billion worth of assets for its over 2000 investors all over the world.

Jim Larkin was born by Irish parents in the slums of Liverpool and was not lucky enough to get much education. With the little education he had, he could work for many places that did not require much skill in order to sustain his family.

During his working period and experience, Jim Larkin felt that laborers deserved better treatment and equal employment opportunities. He believed that laborers should get paid according the amount of work they did which was not happening. He formed the National Union of Dock Laborers (NUDL) and became a full time organizer for trade unions in 1905.

He later formed the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGW) in Dublin after being relocated by the NUDL for his striking actions. The ITGW became so popular among Irish laborers and very influential due to its objectives.

He was a peaceful person whose strikes were sympathetic and based on boycotting of goods. In the First World War outbreak, Jim Larkin led demonstrations for peace in Dublin. He called for people of Dublin not to get involved in war and urged them that if they had to fight they should only fight for Ireland and not in any other war. Read more: James Larkin | Biography and Jim Larkin | Wikipedia

He went to United States in 1914 to look for money to fight the British. Due to his activities of trying to turn the Socialist Party into a Communism Party in the Bolshevik revolution, Jim was imprisoned in 1919 for ‘criminal anarchy’ in Sing Sing. He was pardoned after three years and was deported to Ireland.

After getting back to Ireland, he formed the Workers’ Union of Ireland after being expelled from ITGW. He continued being active in the labor unions until 1946 where he got injured after falling through a floor. He died while undergoing treatment in 1947 at Meath Hospital.

Tony Petrello, CEO of Nabor Industries, recently donated $5 million to research related to helping children. He has committed to donating another $2 million in the future, and he is looking to spearhead efforts to raise money for the cause, as well. Mr. Petrello is motivated by his desire to help children and his daughter, Carena, who suffers from a neurological condition that makes learning difficult. Specifically, his daughter was a premature baby who was diagnosed with periventricular leukomalacia, which is a common disease in premature babies. She also has cerebral palsy, and Tony and his wife want to help find a way to help her and other children like her.

Tony Petrello doesn’t just offer help in this one area; his philanthropy reaches many different people. As a member of the Texas Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees, he supports the Neurological Research Institute that is there and hopes it will find the answers that his daughter and other kids are needing to live a full life. He has donated millions of dollars to the Texas Children’s Hospital, and he also donates to a variety of other causes, as well.

Tony Petrello, CEO of Nabors Industries Ltd, started out his young adulthood by going to Harvard Law School where he earned a J.D. degree. He also attended Yale University and received a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s Degree in Mathematics. Before coming aboard with Nabors Industries, he worked with Baker & McKenzie, which is a law firm where he served as a Managing Partner in its New York location. While there, he concentrated on general corporate law, international arbitration, and taxation. In total, he worked with Baker & McKenzie from 1979 until 1991, which is the year he resigned so he could move on to bigger and better things.

In 1991, Tony Petrello was hired on as the President, Deputy Chairman, and Chief Operating Officer of Nabor Industries. He was also elected to be on the Executive Committee of the Board and the Nabors Board of Directors. In 2011, Mr. Petrello became the Chief Executive Officer of the company, and in 2012 he took his place as Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Board. Along with all of his responsibilities, he offers direction for the company as well as strategic planning, which helps Nabor Industries to thrive and remain competitive in its industry. Aside from his work with Nabor Industries, he works with Hilcorp Energy Company and Stewart & Stevenson LLC as a director.

When two like-minded people join forces, the result is always fantastic. The birth and success of Village Voice Media are no different. Co-founded by Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, Village Voice is one of the most respected media conglomerates in the country.

Both founders come from humble backgrounds and neither finished college. They dropped out in the 70s to start their first paper called Phoenix New Times. New Times is currently still one of the top papers in Arizona. Recently, the paper and its executives made headlines as their battle against corruption came to an end.

The two men, not yet charged with anything, were forced from the homes and into unmarked SUVs that had Mexican license plates. They were then driven to two different jails, both managed by Arpaio, and booked for not cooperating with the sheriff’s office, which by that point was true.

It’s no secret that Lacey and Larkin disapproved of Arpaio as much as he hated them. New Times wrote numerous papers about Sheriff Arpaio’s consistent abuse of power. He rationalized that abuse by deeming himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff”. In reality, he’s just an anti-Mexican fear-monger with a taste of blood.

His hatred of Latinos is well documented in the New Times stories. It’s those stories that drove him to go after Lacey and Larkin. They refused to ignore his hate and abuse is what sparked his rage. Not only did they cite his anti-Latino attitude, they also talked his financial irregularities.

Driven mad by their stories, Arpaio used grand jury subpoenas to attack the executives and their paper. He tried to use legal authority to force them into submission. When they didn’t crack, he locked them away in his jails, hoping they’d never mess with him again.

Fortunately, he was wrong. Upon their release, they immediately filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County. Seeing as Sheriff Arpaio had no legal right to arrest and he violated their rights, Maricopa County had to pay the executives a $3.75 million settlement.

The organizations that are supportive of civil rights need to make sure that they are helping people and that they are going to be able to try new things in the areas that they practice different things.

There are many different options that people have when they are trying to make things better and when they are trying to experience the best options possible. Civil rights groups are able to help people with all of the civil rights issues that they have and with all of the experiences that they need to make things better for different people who are in other situations that they are a part of.

Recently, these groups have come under fire because of the issues that are going on with the government right now. They are unsupportive of each other and that has made things harder on people who are in different situations. Read more: Phoenix New Time and Village Voice Media | Wikipedia

Those who are working with the civil rights advocacy centers are consistently trying hard to make sure that they are helping people and to make sure that they are doing the best job possible. All of this has led to them making the right choices and doing what they can to help other people with the things that are going on.

It has made things easier for people who are in different situations and who are going to be able to try different things. The men know a lot about what they can do and what they will be able to experience in the situations that they are in so that they can help people.

The Frontera Fund is even different from other organizations because the creators of the Frontera Fund have actually been through these situations in the past. They had their own civil rights cases that they had to fight and that helped them with experience.

They often look back on the things that they are doing so that they can help people and they know that this commitment will make it easier to show people what they can do in their lives. The commitment that they have has given them the opportunity to truly be able to help people.

The media landscape in Mexico City has flourished over the last two decades at a high rate. Some people tend to criticize TV giants such as Televisa and TV Azteca of supporting government views rather than concentrating on investigative journalism. But this is just but a mere criticism because, in today’s world, media houses do not depend on government ad incomes or revenues from companies owned by the state to succeed. Of course, political activities form part of the city developments, and they must be spoken, but today’s media outlets concentrate on interpreting political trends in the country and not supporting the government. Television world has been dominated by a newscaster, Jacobo Zabludovsky of Televisa for a long time and it is after his death that Joaquim Lopez Doriga replaced him. Both have managed to exert a lot of influence on the new market of capital television.

While renowned news broadcaster who was also a CNN contributor was pushed out of the air, residents in Mexico City still have a wide variety where they can watch or listen to the news. There are about ten diverse new programs on TV where everyone can watch the news. Apart from radio and TV channels the magazine market is also growing as part of the media landscape. The most powerful Magazine brands are Nexos and Proceso, but there are numerous newcomers in the industry such as Emeequis, Chilango, and Gatopardo among others. All the brands have a perfect share in the market because they concentrate on different aspects of the city. For instance, Letras Libres mostly concentrates on cultural affairs while Gatapardo mostly features glossy photos, collector’s quality paper, advertisement and strong stories that are related to crime and security. It is fair to say that the media industry in Mexico has grown tremendously and one can only expect more in the coming years.

While oncologists have the cancer therapy company’s research studies to determine how patients will likely respond to the treatment, Eric Lefkofsky wants physicians to have additional data readily available. He saw that oncologists had genomic information, but they only had their patient’s data; there was no easy way to determine how patients with similar DNA and RNA makeup responded to a given treatment. In addition, oncologists did not have immediate access to the medical records of patients who did not respond to a specific therapy. If the response rate was poor among patients who also took a specific drug for another condition, doctors would find this information helpful.

Lefkofsky’s startup, Tempus, created a database for oncologists with data that no one ever aggregated before, which he presented at the Fortune Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego. “My goal is to get most people starting in oncology and then those working on neurological disorders to use our platform to collect data for analysis,” Lefkofsky told Fortune, which should please neurologists.

An entrepreneur since college, Lefkofsky founded or co-founded multiple companies, typically with Bradley Keywell, his business partner. Lefkofsky’s successes include InnerWorkings, Echo Global Logistics, Mediaocean, Uptake Technologies, Groupon, where he serves as chair and Lightbank, a venture capital firm. Although Lefkofsky is a serial entrepreneur, he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. He explains his method for developing technology-based companies in his book Accelerated Disruption. At Tempus, Lefkofsky serves as CEO. Currently, Tempus is busy building new collaborations with cancer centers nationwide.Established in 2006, the Lefkofsky Family Foundation, created by Lefkofsky and his wife Liz, began supporting the arts, medical research and education programs. While the charitable trust supports organizations nationwide, Eric and Liz focus on Chicago area causes. In addition, Lefkofsky serves as a board member for World Business Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Museum of Science and Industry.

Bruce Levenson is still wrapping up the time he’s spent as Atlanta Hawks owner down in a Fulton County court, where he and Atlanta Hawks Basketball & Entertainment are bringing a lawsuit against their former insurance company. Levenson and AHBE owned the Hawks from 2004 to 2015, until they sold the team to Tony Ressler and company for quite a profit, reveals forbes.com. Along with that sale, Levenson and AHBE had opted to buyout former general manager Danny Ferry’s contract. That move was supposed to allow Levenson and AHBE to file a claim with their insurance company, AIG that would cover the loss in this case. But so far AIG is refusing to accept the claim, and Levenson and AHBE are taking them to court to sue for damages.

Bruce Levenson also founded a major media corporation, Unified Communications Group. He had gotten his degree in journalism from Washington University, and while he was attending law school he worked for the now defunct Washington Star. He and his friend started their own newsletter, Oil Express in 1977 which was the beginning of UCG, and the company soon acquired many other newsletters. It grew into a major publication business featuring energy, healthcare, mortgage banking and technology newsletters, and today UCG also owns GasBuddy and TechTarget.

Levenson is also a philanthropist who has helped Hoop Dreams and the “I Have a Dream” Foundation host events that have funded scholarships. He also has supported the Holocaust Memorial Museum, a tribute to his Jewish heritage and has sponsored the “Bringing the Lessons Home” program where young people learn even more about the event. Levenson also supports foundations such as Seeds of Peace, BBYO and Birthright Israel. According to Benzinga, he also helped establish the University of Maryland’s Center for Philanthropy and Non-Profit Leadership to encourage young people to start their own foundations.

Mike Baur is a Swiss entrepreneur who previously worked as a banker in the private banking industry of Switzerland. He is the brain behind the formation of the Swiss Startup Factory, which has been giving support to talented IT startups within Switzerland. Through the Swiss Startup Factory, Mike Baur has supported many young entrepreneurs, who finally made their dreams a reality by getting the needed support to launch their ideas. To offer the young entrepreneurs a chance to progress, the company offers a three-month incubation program that allows them to access all the support they need to kick start their ideas.

Business strategy

In the absence of a clear strategy, a business cannot manage the vagaries that come about while running the business. Young entrepreneurs often lack the needed experience to mitigate some of the challenges that are presented while running the business. To overcome these problems, there is need to come up with a strategy that spells out what course of actions to take in the event the business suffers one of the problems that kill startups. The Swiss Startup Factory offers the entrepreneurs a chance to learn about the industry and to draft business strategies that are considerate of the challenges that threaten the progress of a young business.

Mentorship from experienced professionals

Most importantly, the Swiss Startup Factory allows the entrepreneurs to meet with highly experienced professionals, who own and run big businesses in different industries. The interactions they hold with these professionals support them to understand about the market and in the event they feel stuck, they have people who are capable to consult. This mentorship program equips the entrepreneurs well to face the complexities of the market.

Additionally, entrepreneurs can also get funding from the investors, who are people with many years working on the development of businesses. Once the program is over after the three months, the Swiss Startup Factory offers the entrepreneurs a post accelerator support for five months to monitor their progress.

More about Mike Baur

Born and raised in Fribourg, Switzerland, Mike Baur is a successful entrepreneur who worked in the Swiss private banking industry for almost 20 years before he resigned to venture into entrepreneurship. At the age of 39, he moved from banking to entrepreneurship and this action saw him launch the Swiss Startup Factory, a company that has been offering startups the needed support to grow to become successful businesses.